Psalms 64:3
Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
In Context
2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privately shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 58:7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:2-7
Malice of David's Enemies. 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6… Read the whole commentary →